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  • Page 1

    Seven Simple Steps to Setting Up Y our Printer HP DeskJet 720C Series Printer ® SetupGuide Page 1 Friday, July 25, 1997 1:13 PM[...]

  • Page 2

    Congratulations on the pur chase of your HP DeskJet 720C Series printer! ere’ s what comes in the bo x. If an ything’ s missing, talk to y our HP dealer or call Customer Suppor t (see “Customer Suppor t” in Chapter 4 of the user’ s guide f or the telephone number). Microsoft Windows 3.1 x or Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 is required to use[...]

  • Page 3

    Unpack Y our Printer 1 Remove the packing tape fr om the outside of the printer . 2 Open the top cover and r emove the plastic packing material from the inside of the printer . Remov e packing material. STEP 1 SetupGuide Page 3 Friday, July 25, 1997 1:13 PM[...]

  • Page 4

    Connect Y our Printer to Y our Computer 1 Make sure the computer is turned off. 2 Lift the cable access door on the back of the printer . 3 Plug the end of the cable with the notches into the printer . Snap both clips into the notches. 4 Plug the other end into the computer , and tighten the screws. Cable access door STEP 2 Y ou’ll need to buy a [...]

  • Page 5

    Plug in Y our Printer 1 Lift the cable access door and plug the power adapter cord firmly into the connector . 2 Plug the appropriate end of the power cor d into the power adapter . 3 Plug the other end of the power cor d into an electrical outlet. Electrical outlet 1 2 3 P ower adapter P ower adapter cord STEP 3 SetupGuide Page 5 Friday, July 25,[...]

  • Page 6

    Inser t the Print Car tridges 1 Press the Power button to turn on your printer . The power light comes on. 2 Open the top cover . The cartridge cradles move to the center of the printer . The print cartridge light blinks. 3 Car efully r emove the protective vinyl t ape fr om the color and black print cartridges. Be sure not to touch the ink nozzles[...]

  • Page 7

    4 For each print cartridge, lift the green cradle latch. Push the cartridge firmly down into the cradle and close the latch. Y ou will hear a click, and the cartridges will sit firmly in the cradles. Y ou must insert both cartridges for the printer to operate. 5 Close the printer cover . The print cartridge light continues to blink for a few seco[...]

  • Page 8

    Load Paper in Y our Printer 1 Pull out the IN drawer and slide the gr een paper adjusters out as far as possible. (Y ou can flip up the OUT tray to see better .) 2 Load the paper in the IN drawer . Y ou can insert as much paper as fits comfortably under the tab on the paper-length adjuster . OUT tra y IN draw er P aper-length adjuster P aper-widt[...]

  • Page 9

    3 Move the paper adjusters in again to fit snugly against the paper’ s edges and slide the IN drawer all the way back in. Flip the OUT tray back down if it’ s up. SetupGuide Page 9 Friday, July 25, 1997 1:13 PM[...]

  • Page 10

    Install the Printer Softwar e T o ensure successful installation of the printer softwar e: 1 Make sure your computer is fully set up and operational. 2 Check that the printer is pr operly set up and ready to print using the instructions in this Setup Guide. 3 Make sure that the printer is dir ectly connected to the computer (remove any switch boxes[...]

  • Page 11

    W INDOWS 95 OR W INDOWS NT 4.0 If a message comes up befor e or during installation that says, “New Har dware Found,” choose “Do not install a driver (Windows will not pr ompt you again)” and click OK. 1 Insert the CD-ROM or disk 1 into your computer’ s drive. 2 Click Start on the task bar , and then click Run. 3 T ype the letter of the c[...]

  • Page 12

    I F YOU HAVE W INDOWS 3.1 X 1 I nser t the CD-ROM or disk 1 into your computer’ s drive. 2 In the Program Manager , click File , and then click Run . 3 T ype the letter of the computer’ s d riv e (usually D:, A:, or B:), type SETUP , and click OK . 4 Follow the directions on the computer scr een. If you’re not sur e how to answer a questio[...]

  • Page 13

    I F YOU HAVE PROBLEMS INSTALLING If you get a message that comm unication between the printer and computer cannot be estab lished, tr y the follo wing steps to estab lish communications . If you aren’t successful, the printer might be unab le to send messages to the computer screen, b ut you’ll still be ab le to print. 1 Make sure your printer [...]

  • Page 14

    Align the Print Car tridges Y ou’ re ready f or the final step in setting up your printer: aligning the car tridges to make sure you get the best print quality . Be sure to align the car tridges whenev er you install a ne w car tridge. 1 Be sure ther e’ s paper in the printer’ s IN drawer and that the drawer and the paper adjusters ar e push[...]

  • Page 15

    Print a Page Y ou’ re done setting up y our printer! While y ou still hav e the HP T oolbox open, you can try printing a page, just to see what y our printer can do. 1 On the Printer Services tab of the HP T oolbox, click Print a self-test page . 2 Check out the results! Y ou’re r eady to print your own work. For instructions, tips, and some fu[...]

  • Page 16

    Extended W arranty Options If you w ould like to e xtend your printer cov erage bey ond the one y ear f actor y warranty , you ha ve the f ollowing options: ■ Consult your reseller to get e xtended cov erage. ■ If your reseller does not off er ser vice contracts, please call He wlett- P ackard directly and ask about our service agreement off er[...]